Rail-joint



D. C. -CUSSEN.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 25, 19H.

1,329,507. Ptented Feb. 3,1920.

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To all whom it may concern.- j

Be it known that I, DANIEL C. CiissEN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Antwerp, in the county of Paulding and State of Ohio, have invented a new Rail- Joint, of which the following is a specification.

This inventlon relates to new and useful improvements in rail joints, and the pri-' mary object of the invention is to provide a simple and efii'cient means for assembling rails without the necessity of employing fish plates and bolts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiicient type of rail joints that may be easily assembled or disconnected without employing special tools and appliances to accomplish this purpose.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is easily and simply constructed, inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will be very eflicient in operation.

With these and numerous other objects in view, my invention consists of the novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the abutting ends of one rail section;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the abutting end of the additional section, showing the locking pin spaced therefrom; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section. through the assembled joint.

In describing my invention I shall refer to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts The numerals 1 and 2 designate the ends of conven tional rail sections which are provided with the usual typ of ball 3, web 4:, and base flange 5, such as ordinarily employed in rails of this character.

The section 2, which is best illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, is provided with a projecting web and base portion 6, the said web portion being enlarged, and provided with inclined walls 7, each wall having the flange formed with base notches 8 therein for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully described. Within the web portion, is formed a longitudinally extending slot 9, which has transversely alined notches 10 "Specification of Letters Patent. 1

formed in its upper edge, intermediate the:

ends of the same.

The other rail section 1 is formed with a projecting web and head portion 11, the head ,having "depending cars 12 formed thereon on opposite sides.

The projecting portions 6 have formed therein adjacent the extremity apairof alining apertures 1 3., and the projecting web portion 11 has an aperture 14 extending transversely therethr'ough, "adapted for alinement with the apertures 13 when the rail joint is assembled. A locking pin 15 correspondingly shaped to the alining apertures, is adapted to be positioned therethrough, said pin having one end lying flush with the adjacent inclined side 7 of the portion 6, and the other end projecting therefrom is downwardly inclined as shown at 16, the extremity being enlarged as shown at 17 and provided with an aperture 18 therethrough, adapted for alinement with one of the notches 8 in the outer edge of the portion 6.

To assemble the joint, the section 1, has its projecting portion 11 positioned within the slot 9, that is the projecting web portion fits into the slot, and the depending ears 12 are positioned within the notches 10. When the sections are assembled, the apertures 13, and the aperture 14 in the various sections will bealined, and the transversely extending locking pin is adapted to be posi-' tioned therethrough. The enlarged portion 17 on the extremity of said pin will have its aperture 18 disposed in alinement with one of the notches 8, as has been herein described, and one of the fastening spikes which are driven through said notches into the railway ties to additionally lock the rails in position, is positioned through the aperture 18 and notch, hence securely looking the pin against displacement.

This type of rail joint may be easily'assembled or disassembled without the necessity of employing specialv tools or appliances. When the various sections are engaged. the interlocked cars 12, in the notches 10 will prevent disengagement, and the transversely locking pin will render said engagement between the parts additionally secure. The means employed to lock the said pin in operative position has been herein described, and it is obvious that when the spike is driven through the aperture, and notch 8, the pin will be prevented from be- PatentedFens, 1 920. Application filedMay 25, 1917. seriaino. 170,876.

ing removed until the spike has been displaced.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that a clear and comprehensive understanding of the construction, operation, and advantages of my invention may be had, and while I have shown and what I claim as new, and desire to securev by Letters Patent, is

A rail joint comprising abutting rail ends, one of said rail ends formed with an extended thickened web provided with a longitudinally extending slot, the other of said rail ends being provided with an extended ball and Web portion, said web portion being adapted to fit into said slot, lugs depending frozn the extended ball and web portion a fraction of the height of the Web thereof, notches in the upper edges of the slotted thickened web portion extending therethrough and of a depth equal to said depending lugs and adapted to engage the same when the rail sections are interengaged, said interengaged portions having alining apertures therethrough, the uter rail portion being formed with a notch at its base 'below said alining apertures, a locking pin received through said alining apertures, and a locking spike engaging said locking pin and received in the notch for preventing relative movement thereof.

DANIEL C. CUSSEN. 

